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Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109, Shloka 34

सत्यधर्मप्रतिपादनम्

Rama’s Defense of Truth and Dharma in Reply to Jabali

Devanagari script

यथा हि चोर: स‌ तथा हि बुद्धस्तथागतं नास्तिकमत्र विद्धि।

तस्माद्धि य: श‌ङ्क्यतमः प्रजानाम् न नास्तिकेनाभिमुखो बुध: स्यात्।।2.109.34।।

Transliteration

yathā hi coraḥ sa tathā hi buddhas tathāgataṃ nāstikam atra viddhi |

tasmād dhi yaḥ śaṅkyatamaḥ prajānāṃ na nāstikena abhimukho budhaḥ syāt || 2.109.34 ||

Translation

ଯେପରି ଚୋର ଶଙ୍କାସ୍ପଦ, ସେପରି ‘ବୁଦ୍ଧ’ ମଧ୍ୟ; ଏଠାରେ ତଥାଗତକୁ ନାସ୍ତିକ ବୋଲି ଜାଣ। ତେଣୁ ପ୍ରଜାମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଯେ ସର୍ବାଧିକ ଶଙ୍କାସ୍ପଦ, ସେହି ନାସ୍ତିକ ପ୍ରତି ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନ ଅଭିମୁଖ ହେବା ଉଚିତ୍ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
सम्बन्ध (उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb/conjunction of comparison “as/just as”
हिindeed/for
हि:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — emphatic/causal particle “indeed/for”
चोरःthief
चोरः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootचोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular
सःhe/that one
सः:
कर्ता (पूर्वपद-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — pronoun nominative singular “he/that”
तथाso/thus
तथा:
सम्बन्ध (तुलना)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (तुलनार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable “so/thus”
हिindeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — emphatic particle
बुद्धःBuddha / the enlightened one
बुद्धः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (proper/common noun)
तथागतम्Tathāgata (the one ‘thus gone/arrived’)
तथागतम्:
कर्म (विद्धि इति)
TypeNoun
Rootतथा + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); समास: तथागत
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (अव्यय-पूर्वपद) “तथा गतः/गतं”
नास्तिकम्atheist/non-believer
नास्तिकम्:
कर्म (विद्धि इति; तथागतं इत्यस्य विशेषणवत्/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनास्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular (used predicatively/appositionally)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb “here/in this matter”
विद्धिknow (understand)
विद्धि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु) — लोट्
Formधातुः: विद् (ज्ञाने); लकारः: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक); पुरुषः: मध्यम; वचनम्: एकवचन — imperative 2nd person singular “know”
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
सम्बन्ध (हेतु/निष्कर्ष)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् निपातार्थे (हेतौ/निष्कर्षे) — indeclinable sense “therefore/from that reason” (formally ablative singular used adverbially)
हिindeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — emphatic particle
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्ता (स्यात् इति)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — relative pronoun nominative singular “who/that which”
शङ्क्यतमःmost suspicious/most to be distrusted
शङ्क्यतमः:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशङ्क्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √शङ्क्) + तमप् (तमतम-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तमतम-प्रत्ययान्त — masculine nominative singular superlative “most to be suspected”
प्रजानाम्of the people
प्रजानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — feminine genitive plural “of the people/subjects”
नnot
न:
सम्बन्ध (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध-निपात) — negation particle “not”
नास्तिकेनwith an atheist
नास्तिकेन:
करण/सह (सहकारक-भावः)
TypeNoun
Rootनास्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — masculine instrumental singular “by/with an atheist”
अभिमुखःfacing/turned towards; in contact with
अभिमुखः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (बुधः इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअभि + मुख (प्रातिपदिक); समास: अभिमुख
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः: तत्पुरुष (उपसर्ग-पूर्वपद) “अभि-मुख” = facing/towards
बुधःa wise man
बुधः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular “wise/learned man”
स्यात्should be
स्यात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) — विधिलिङ्
Formधातुः: अस् (भुवि); लकारः: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/विधि); पुरुषः: प्रथम; वचनम्: एकवचन — optative 3rd person singular “should be/might be”
Context

Just as a thief, so is the Buddha (a wise men). Know that the Tathagatas are atheists. They are men most distrusted among the people. A learned man should avoid atheists.(Note: Verses 31 to 39 appear to be interpolations, It is anachronistic to talk about Buddha in Tretayuga.)

Characters & Entities
P
prajā (people)

FAQs

It frames dharma as requiring avoidance of nāstika association, arguing that public trust and moral order are endangered by irreligious teachings.

In the course of rebuking Jābāli’s irreligious reasoning, the text introduces a polemical comparison involving ‘Buddha/Tathāgata’—noted by editors as likely an interpolation/anachronism.

Protectiveness toward dharma in public life: the verse stresses guarding society from counsel deemed subversive of righteous norms.

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